Assessing wind power operating costs in the United States: Results from a survey of wind industry experts
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In this paper, the authors draw on a survey of wind industry professionals to clarify trends in the operational expenditures (OpEx) of U.S. land-based wind power plants.About:
This article is published in Renewable Energy Focus.The article was published on 2019-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 44 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Operating expense & Wind power.read more
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Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report results from a new survey on wind costs, compare those with previous results and discuss the accuracy of the earlier predictions and conclude that there is considerable uncertainty about future costs.
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Experience Curves for Operations and Maintenance Costs of Renewable Energy Technologies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider cumulative operating experience to estimate O&M experience curves for onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Germany and find that each doubling of cumulative experience leads to a reduction in costs of 9.2% to 12.8% for PV and 15.7% to 18.2%.
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2018 Wind Technologies Market Report
Ryan Wiser,Mark Bolinger +1 more
TL;DR: Wiser et al. as mentioned in this paper provided an annual overview of trends in the U.S. wind power market, highlighting that wind power capacity additions continued at a robust pace in 2018: $11 billion was invested in new wind power plants in 2018.
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